Police officers save the life of a man in St Albans
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A quick response from police officers in St Albans city centre saved the life of a man.
PC Rob Clemmit was nearby when a man aged in his 70s suffered a heart attack in Waddington Road on Thursday (5 October).
He raced over to assist and PCSO Ads Russo, who had just completed his first aid refresher training, gave him CPR. PCs Clare Lapenna and Ben Kirby joined them shortly afterwards with a defibrillator and between them saved his life.
Colleagues helped to cordon off the area, direct the ambulance and look after his family member, who was in a wheelchair.
Chief Inspector Martin Turpin said: “My officers acted instinctively to save the man’s life, something which is indicative of the policing ethos I have witnessed in St Albans. Undoubtedly, without their intervention, the man would have died before an ambulance could reach him.”